Episode 204 · October 14, 2025
Live Podcast with Best Selling Author, Dr. Meg Myers Morgan
with Dr. Meg Myers Morgan, Best selling author and professor
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Live Podcast with Best Selling Author, Dr. Meg Myers Morgan
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In this episode I share a live podcast I recorded as part of my summer series — a writing workshop and conversation with best selling author Dr. Meg Myers Morgan, held at the Tulsa Garden Center with a room full of women. Meg is a professor at OU-Tulsa and the author of "Everything Is Negotiable" (one of my favorites), and we gathered to celebrate her first novel, "The Inconvenient Unraveling of Gemma Sinclair."
I love that this book steps into a deeper kind of storytelling — one rooted in personal truth. Through the story of Gemma, Meg bravely and wittily explores postpartum depression, family trauma, and the complicated, often invisible work of motherhood. She opens up about her own experience after the birth of her daughter Lowry, how writing became a path to healing, and why women deserve the space to live unapologetically.
We also get practical — how Meg fits writing into a full life, the real difference between writing for yourself and publishing for the business, and how she shows up authentically for her daughters. And yes, there's a surprise celebrity cameo story and a very honest conversation about the things women have been told to keep quiet. Keep going, friend — and grab the book so you can sit with these topics in community.
Key takeaways
- Writing can be a path to healing — Meg waited fourteen years before she felt ready to write about her postpartum experience, and putting it on the page helped her feel seen and helped other women feel less alone.
- There's a real difference between writing and publishing — one is therapeutic, done in isolation, and for you; the other is the business side and a whole different animal. If you'd write whether or not it ever sold, you've found your thing.
- If you can't find time for what you love, ask whether you really love it — and find the version of it that fits you (some writers voice-to-text). We make room for what truly nourishes us.
- Showing up authentically can mean centering yourself, not just your kids — and not apologizing for your needs. Meg models breaking some family patterns and keeping others on purpose.
- Don't be afraid to experiment in your craft. Meg has written in three different genres, which she jokes is a 'terrible business strategy' — but it's how she stays alive to the work.
- Support local bookstores — that little Amazon banner is nice, but signed copies from independent shops (like Magic City Books) matter more.
- Birth is transformative, even when it goes well. Naming the hard, tender, unspoken parts of motherhood out loud gives other women permission to do the same.
“It shouldn't be precious. It's not precious.”
“I went from 'I will never ever write fiction' — which is exactly how you know you're going to do something.”
“We don't apologize for needs. And as it came out of my mouth, I thought, oh, that healed something.”
“There's a huge difference between writing and publishing a book. If I never published another book again, I'd still be writing every day.”
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About Dr.
Best selling author and professor
Dr. Meg Myers Morgan is an award-winning author and a professor in a graduate program at OU-Tulsa. She is the author of 'Everything Is Negotiable' and the novel 'The Inconvenient Unraveling of Gemma Sinclair,' her first work of fiction, which became a #1 new release on Amazon and a #1 Oklahoma fiction bestseller. Her work explores motherhood, postpartum depression, family trauma, and living unapologetically.
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